This presentation will assist teachers and administrators involved with children in the latest research regarding how the brain learns. This workshop will explore brain-based learning strategies, the negative effects of stress on learning, the principles of brain development and the roles of emotions in learning. Students of all backgrounds, with every imaginable history of failure, or every age and attitude of discouragement can and have succeeded with the brain compatible learning approach. Participants will be able to use these strategies immediately when returning to their classrooms to help the most challenging child to develop to their fullest potential.